 Perennial rivers include 25 kilometers of the Gumelo and 20 of the Rapese.A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 21.4% is arable or cultivable, 6.3% pasture, 2.7% forest, and the remaining 69.6% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable.Pepper, black and white cumin and fenugreek are important cash crops.